and Temple Yards

mote: for precise pronunciation, check the guide at the beginning of the book, and h e chart of how
diacritical marks govern gliding tones. Otherwise, reading the words as lhey appear phonetically, as if Lhcy have
no accent marks, results in a good approximation. ]
i o dhi:
io tir thk:
Chiia:
l3d c6:
Diin Ca:
Din biu or din d&
DAn diy:
Oh doh:
Din gio:
Din nguyet:
Din nhj:
Din tam:
Din tam thap luc:
Dh t'mg:
Din tranh:
Din t? bh:
Oh x6n:
Dao:
Diacritical marks:
D&:
Db:
Hii loa:
Hit A Dio:
Hiit .ti:
Hit CCli LUdng:
the traditional long dress of men and women
fourpiece dress worn when girls sing folk songs in Bac Ninh province,
North Vietnam or during village festivals.
Central Chamber Music
pair of cymbals
gong
the oficial written language of Vietnam, incorporating elements of
Portuguese, Italian, and Greek elements, and using a system of
romanized characters and diacritical markings (accent marks).
Buddhist temple
big temple drum
folk Songs
huy6n: a monochord.
a trapezoidal back-less lute.
a short-necked, moon-shaped lute.
a two-stringed coconut shell fiddle.
a long necked moon-shaped lute.
a two-stringedfi&ile.
a three-stringed fretless lute.
hammered dulcimer
xylophone, slung like a hammock on a frame. The bamboo tubes have
holes in the bottom, some short, some long.
a sixteen- or seventeen-stringed zither.
a pear-shaped lute.
an octagonal lute.
improvised prelude; see: Rao
accent marks that indicate tonality in spoken Vietnamese.
village temple or community center with an altar inside where some
ritual ceremonies take place
a common type of riverboat, long and narrow
conch shell
Northern chamber music
classical theater pe~orrnance
Southern reformed theater